Rhymes of Northern Bards: Being a Curious Collection of Old and New Songs and Poems, Peculiar to the Counties of Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, and Durham
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Rhymes of Northern Bards: Being a Curious Collection of Old and New Songs and Poems, Peculiar to the Counties of Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, and Durham
Neighbours I’m come for to tell ye, our skipper and Moll’s
to be wed 302
Old _Jarrow_, long fam’d for monastical lore 304
The sailors are all at the bar 306
We’ll all away to the Lowlights _ib._
Six centeries since, some say, a son of South Seaton 307
God prosper long our _warlike_ king 309
There is not in the world’s terraqueous round 310
Whence those _cries_, my soul that harrow 312
’Bout Lunnun aw’d heard sec wonderful spokes 314
Croney its now near thirty year 316
’Tis said that in the good old times 319
The Antigallican’s safe arriv’d 320
Of Temple and King, my friends, let us sing 321
All the night over and over 322
O lovely Tyne, thy beauty’s seen _ib._
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FROM THE PRESS OF M. ANGUS AND SON, NEWCASTLE.
INDEX.
A
_Page_
As I cam thro’ Sandgate, thro’ Sandgate, thro’ Sandgate 5
As me and my marrow was ganning to wark 35
Attend to my summons, ye _British_ Electors 57
Allons, sweet childs, of smooth complexion 70
At Neddy and Betty were walking along 79
A bonny swain, blithe Sandy nam’d 214
Apollo, your aid I request 217
A fair reformation would render this nation 236
At Christmas when the wind blew cauld 238
About the bush Willy 240
As I went to Newcastle 241
All lovers of lucre may LAUD the _Lord Mayor_ 245
A farmer near Felton, fam’d for vulgar fractions 248
All men of high and low degree 250
Ah! pen, ink, and paper, proves pleasing 253
And are ye sure the tale is true 288
As aw was gannin to Durham 292
At home wad I be 296
All the night over and over 322
B
Britannia scarce had planted the olive on our isle 228
Bobby Shaftoe’s gone to sea 283
Brandling for ever, and Ridley for aye 300
’Bout Lunaun aw’d heard sec wonderful spokes 314
C
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